Private NYC art college disciplines student for harassing Jewish professor, Brandeis Center says

The Pratt Institute, a private art college in Brooklyn, disciplined a student for harassing a Jewish professor, according to the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law. The student had been harassing the professor on social media since March, calling him a “Jewish supremacist” and urging a boycott of his classes. Despite an initial no-contact order, the student continued the harassment. Pratt subsequently placed the student on disciplinary probation for fostering a hostile work environment and targeting the professor based on his Jewish identity, also ordering the removal of the social media boycott post. Kenneth L. Marcus, chairman and CEO of the Brandeis Center, stated, “This decision sends a clear message that targeting Jewish members of any academic community will have consequences.”